DIRECTOR UNAWARE OF CIA SUPPORT

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
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can Foundation Di-
sy he didn't know the
acts until he read
',4i"igus is - researcher in
satin Amc.?::'": Studies at the
,,-U.::versity l .nrida. The foun-
datio,n was c:ganized in Wash-
ington in .9,38 ^to promote "good-
-- `nrliness and Pan-Amer-.
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standing or reliability!. If they
help us out, we're glad to have
it," he added,
Wilgus is . retiring from the
University of Florida ffective
in June.' He will then Move to
Miami, where he will continue
to work with the foundation.
At least two series of booklets
have been copyrighted by the
Pan American Foundation "'in
Gainesville and published with
university ties.
hau no ;-a the J. Fred='
ic. Brown : ;andation, from
which we received funds for, a
i;.oject, was a CIA front," Wil-
gus co nmentec. yesterday in a
n` =rview from
_r,;ami. "li sDrnebody helps us
w,. ask for his life his-
tory.`'
1-,N remember wl?at
c: ute a,.is were for. The
New York Times reported we
got the money in 1964 - that's
how I found out about it."
Newspaper articles had linked
,..e Pan American Foundation
w;th the University of Florida,
ha officials there denied the
bu idation was university-
bas-d.
r.. Lyle - McAlister, director
.-at:n American Studies
said lie was "absolute-
ly train" the, foundation was
,not connected with the Universi-
ty of. Florida.
"I don't think the university
ever got a cent from it," he
said.
best of my knowl-
: n ;a o..a of the support for
Car ..an Conference, (a
- nivet say Terence headed by
came from the
Foundation. Wil-
creivaci private contribu-
tions from companies like Esso
ONE WAS a 25-booklet series
called Latin' American Mono-
graph, which ran from Septem-
ber, 1957 through 1963.
It contained scholarly writ-
ings by some of the university
faculty and by Latin American
A. CURTIS WILGUS
.:. didit';>; ask history.
and Alcoa for the conference,"
lie commented.
University news sources said
Wilgus had been affiliated with
the Pan American Foundation
since 1957.
But Wilgus said yesterday lie
has worked with the association
in Gainesville spree he moved
here from Washington in 19,51.
The foundation's headquarters
were moved to Gainesville in
1950 and remained there until
Wilgus moved the Journal of
Inter-American Studies to Mi-
ami in 1965. The journal was
copyrighted by the foundation
for several years.
"WE NEVER solicit funds
without a, pecific project in
mind," Wilgus said. "I do the
soliciting part of the. time. But
I don't remember about all the"
money. In fact, I'm seldom in
the .office. I don't keep up with
these things," Wilgus said yes-
terday.
and national figures.
The second was the Journal o
Inter-American Studies, pub-
inter-American affairs from tha
United States and Latin Ameri- ~
ca.. ' .
It cooperates with inter/'
American organization, grants,..
fellowships and scholarships to'_
students, assists teachers in
travel and research, publishes'
and distributes books, booklets,
pamphlets, monographs and bib-'
liographies, according to a
brochure.
The foundation offers consul.
tant services free to educational,
and other groups and organiza
tions who might need a U.S. ex-
pert on Latin America for con- j.'
It supports its activities by
soliciting contributions f r o m
individuals, companies ? an d`i
other organizations.
lisped from January 1959,,1.
through April 1964, copyrightedt
by the Pan American Founda
tion.-
It was published quarterly by:
the Inter-American Academy,,,
connected with the university'
school of inter-American studies
and printed by Drew Company
in Jacksonville.
A SECOND series of the pam-,
phlet is now being published(
under' sponsorship of the Ford!
Foundation in Miami.
The Pan American Founds
tion is a non-profit organizattioni
incorporated by leaders in
He said Pan American Foun-
dation officials didn't know the
Brown foundation' was CIA-
connected.
"I would think a foundation of
that sort,,, would h a v e some
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